AddressDo you want to work for a FTSE100 company that is the market leader in the UK's drive to net zero? Then we have the role for you!
We are looking for a committedFinance Partner who is interested in developing their career with a Finance Business Partnering rolesupporting a key area of National Grid’s Strategic Infrastructure business.
You’ll work hand in hand with Directors of National Grid’s Strategic Infrastructure business, who are responsible for delivering the biggest upgrade the National Grid has seen in decades. These projects will together enable 50 Gigawatts of offshore wind to deliver substantial decarbonisation of our energy system. This is a new business unit which presents an exciting opportunity to build innovative solutions and create new ways of working.
You’ll collaborate with the team to ensure business leaders understand their financial performance in the context regulatory framework and the commitments we have made to our shareholders, ensuring the business’s plans are ambitious and deliverable. You’ll support with finding opportunities to embed efficiencies that drive value for shareholders and consumers and provide insight and challenge where we see risks to performance. Critical to success will be a high-quality forecast that finds innovative ways to report and manage material uncertainty and risk across a complex portfolio of over £20 billion of capital investment with tight delivery schedules.
About You:
- Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) with progressive finance experience, ideally from a sizeable, corporate or matrix organisation.
- Experience of reporting financial information, planning, forecasting, and budgeting
- Strong analytical, financial modeling and MS Excel skills.
- Ability to talk to both finance and non-finance people, you can articulate and pitch financial information.
- Effective stakeholder management skills: you build strong working relationships and have had some exposure to business partnering.
- Self-starter with a curious mindset, you like to get to the root of a situation and look for options to resolve.
- Detail orientated but also like to understand where it fits in the bigger picture.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.
What You’ll Get:
£44,000 - £52,000 per annum - dependent on experience
Plus:
- Annual Bonus (based on personal and company performance) and annual salary review.
- Competitive contributory pension scheme (we double-match your contribution to a max company contribution of 12% = 18% in total; for every £1 you put in, we put in £2).
- 26 days holiday (plus the opportunity to buy more each year)
- Life Insurance at 10 x your basic salary.
- Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – relevant to your role.
- Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
- Access to apps which support health, fitness, and wellbeing.
- Career development, ongoing training and support, career progression and plenty of opportunity to progress!
Further Information:
This is a hybrid working role from Warwick, with circa 2 days in the office. The closing date for this vacancy is Friday 19 January 2024, with interviews due to take place 29 Jan onwards. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.
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About Us:
Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.
Inclusion and Diversity is not just about race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. It is about our employees who wake up every day to serve our 20 million customers. At National Grid, we aim to create an environment where everyone is welcomed for who they are and where our differences are not only accepted but are celebrated. We understand the value that a diverse team can add to our organisation and that is why we model inclusive behavior starting with senior leadership. National Grid utilises the insights of our employees that come from all different cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs to better serve our customers and communities who are in the fore front of everything we do.
